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In 1915 he began a new career as a film director utilizing the production techniques and acting skills he had learned in the theatre. Many of his films were made for
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Foss died in 1963. He had married the actress
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A Swinburne
Anthology. Verse, drama, prose, criticism. Selected, with a biographical introduction, by Kenelm Foss
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caricature of him on 17 December 1913. He then produced the first performance of
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He published several novels, works of poetry and biographical studies of
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producing plays and acting before returning to London to manage the
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Till Our Ship Comes In ... Chapters in the Life of Two Poor Dears
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Stage, Screen and
Sandwiches: the Remarkable Life of Kenelm Foss
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The Hem of the Flag. Topical
Monologue (European War, 1914)
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Practical Course in Cinema Acting in Ten
Complete Lessons
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Practical Course in Cinema Acting in Ten
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171:"The Dead Pierrot" Poems
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